Data Protection Statement for Recruitment

Candidates providing applications and personal data to the Charity will be advised that their information will be stored, by means of the following statement:

“It is assumed that you give consent for any personal or special categories of personal data which you submit as part of an application for this position to be processed by Child Bereavement UK (the “Charity”). If you do not accept these terms or if you do not give your consent to your data being processed and stored in this way, then please do not apply for this role. Any personal or special categories of data you send to the Charity will be used solely for the purposes of recruitment and selection in respect of the position for which you have applied. Such data will not be shared with anyone else unless there is a legal requirement to do so. If your application is unsuccessful, your personal data will be erased from our systems within 1 year except to retain a log of your name, email address and summary recruiter’s notes about your suitability for us to retain a record of your having been an applicant for this role. This will be retained for 10 years in line with our Data Retention Policy. If your application is successful, all personal data including our interview notes will be stored on our personnel records whilst you are employed and for 10 years after leaving employment. You are advised of your right to make a subject data access request in accordance with the GDPR, or to raise any complaints about data handling to The Information Commissioner's Office."